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Body of Wonder

Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine

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Insightful conversations with thought-provoking doctors, specialists, authors, and researchers at the forefront of integrative health and wellness. Hear about the ideas and research that are changing medicine and explore age-old wisdom backed by modern science. Hosted by Dr. Andrew Weil and Dr. Victoria Maizes.
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This is a unique and special time in our lives to consider how we can lead, no matter our status in life, to cultivate a world filled with compassion and care for humanity. This podcast will provide nuggets of wisdom from wide-ranging guests who are both well regarded and humble and compassionate at their core. In each episode, Rob Dube (Best-Selling Author and Co-Founder of imageOne - a Top 25 Forbes Small Giant), interviews some of the greatest leaders to explore how their journeys and per ...
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Dr. Karen Wyatt, hospice physician and author of "7 Lessons for Living from the Dying," interviews experts on all aspects of the end-of-life, including: caring for the dying, funeral and burial practices, planning for the end-of-life, conscious dying, grief and loss, caregiver support, afterlife, death and the arts, and community initiatives to improve end-of-life care. Access show notes at www.eolupodcast.com
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A Podcast About Zen, Buddhism and Mindfulness. Episodes of this podcast will focus on Zen practitioner interviews, Buddhist and Zen history and investigations of the intersection between Zen and science. Podcast website: https://simplicityzen.com/
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Mindfulness is a state of active, open attention on the present. The Mindful Rebel Podcast Series highlights the intersection of mindfulness and leadership with interviews of entrepreneurs, creatives, healers, and more. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/themindfulrebel/support
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Learn how the concept of human-centered design can improve how we care for people at end of life and also how we operate our businesses. My guest Isabel Knight is a human-centered designer and end-of-life guide who founded The Death Designer to provide design services for deathcare businesses and non-profits. She is also the president of the Nation…
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The legal system is not medicine. Very little is in your control in a medicolegal cases. What is in your control? How you respond and whether you get help and support along the way. Mindfulness, self-compassion, therapy, and coaching are all key to staying as healthy, balanced, and buoyant as possible. Lawsuits pull the rug out from under physician…
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Learn about a powerful international model that calls for a public health approach to end-of-life care and how we are championing it in the U.S. This week I am hosting three guests who are my collaborators in a “think tank” on the Compassionate Communities Model: Elizabeth Johnson and Erin Collins of The Peaceful Presence Project and Qwynn Galloway…
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"The life you lead are the lessons that you teach." Do you wish you had a more abundant mindset? Do you wish you were better at supporting other women and colleagues? Do you want to share mindfulness and coaching with loved ones and colleagues but struggle to do so effectively? Dr. Miriam Rhew is a pediatrician and an unconditional supporter of fri…
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We all “work” with our spouses all the time - we just don’t realize it. Even if you don’t run an actual business or LLC together, you work together as parents and intimate partners. Running a home and family is the equivalent of a small business. To work better with your spouse: Show up with mindful intention Choose the tone and energy you want to …
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Learn about THE LAST ECSTATIC DAYS, a film about a young man with brain cancer in search of community, and the hospice doctor who gives up everything to honor his dying wish. My guest Dr. Aditi Sethi-Brown is a hospice and palliative care physician, end-of-life doula, and musician. She is the founder and executive director of the Center for Conscio…
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Do you want your child to do and be more than what they are capable of? Have you yourself been indoctrinated into toxic achievement culture? Would you like to break free from the constraints of toxic achievement culture for yourself and your children? This episode is another in the Parent with Presence series. Our intention is to call out and ident…
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Learn about grief from the perspective of two hospice providers on their personal experiences of loss. This week I’m happy to be speaking once again to my recurring guest Barbara Karnes RN, hospice nurse, author, thought leader and expert on end-of-life care and the dynamics of dying. Barbara is the author of “the little blue book” used by hospices…
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It is very hard for those of us in medicine to pause or slow down. We were trained and acculturated to think that the pause and rest are not worthwhile. We were trained to think that pausing and resting is complacent and/or lazy. If we were to pause or rest we would definitely fall behind. In actuality-- the more you do the more you need to rest. O…
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"Relationships are where we receive the greatest fulfillment and the greatest challenge." — Elysabeth Williamson Today's guest is Elysabeth Williamson, a self-taught yoga teacher of 35 years who developed Principle-Based Partner Yoga,™ a system of yoga that focuses on relationship and connection with others. She also uses this work to encourage peo…
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Do you think there is a right and wrong way to go about change? And/or a right or wrong time to change? Is the fear of making a mistake holding you back from change? When you are “successful” it is harder to change. What makes charge hard for those trained in medicine? We assume negative outcomes and tend to catastrophize. We focus on negative what…
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Dr Shauna Shapiro is a clinical psychologist and an internationally recognized expert in mindfulness and self-compassion. Her TEDx talk, The Power of Mindfulness, has been viewed almost 4 million times. In this episode, Drs. Andrew Weil, Victoria Maizes, and Shauna Shapiro explore mindfulness, its profound impact on our well-being, and practical te…
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Learn about contemplative practices for medical providers offered by the NY Zen Center for Contemplative Care. My guest Koshin Paley Ellison is an author, Zen teacher, and Jungian psychotherapist. He co-founded the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care, which offers contemplative approaches to care through education, personal caregiving, and Z…
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What is good medicine? What is the medicine you actually need? How do you want to live? Who is your Obi-Won-Kenobi teacher? Who are you? What does it mean to be upright in your life? How do we create connections? We discuss all this and more in this very special guest episode with Sensei Koshin Paley Ellison who is Co-Founder, President, & Guiding …
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Learn how an innovative curriculum is tackling loneliness and social isolation in older adults and bridging the generation gap. My guest Dr. Jeremy Holloway is Assistant Professor and Director of Geriatric Education at the University of North Dakota. He discusses his research which focuses on the social determinants of health, specifically self-eff…
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Do you and your partner have different levels of sexual desire? Do libido differences cause tension in your relationship? Do you feel guilt, blame or shame about your desire for sex? Studies show that a lack of interest in sex is by far the most common and distressing sexual problem. When sex suffers, so do all other areas of life. The brain is our…
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How might you care for your heart? What if you made your relationship with yourself your primary focus? This episode focuses on heart-centered approaches to life, love, and health. We discuss why we are committed to growing love, practicing love, and celebrating love. We outline what you can do to care for your heart – physically, spiritually, and …
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Learn about a trilogy of documentary films that inform and inspire conversations about death, dying and the afterlife. My guest Johanna Lunn is an award-winning producer, director, and writer, who has crafted many compelling, entertaining, and profoundly thought-provoking programs during her 20+ years in the business. She is the director and produc…
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Happy Lunar New Year! Welcome to the Year of the Wood Dragon. The Dragon is an auspicious creature that symbolizes vitality, vision, vigor, power, nobility, honor, luck, and success. (chinahighlights.com). Dragon years are defined by momentum . The element is wood, which fuels flames and enhances the intensity and instability of the dragon. Globall…
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When you focus on the time you don't have, you feel rushed and anxious. When you focus on the energy you don't have, you feel overwhelmed. When you focus on the resources you don't have, you feel stressed and not valued. When you focus on the potential lack of opportunities or good outcomes you feel tight, anxious, and stuck. When you ask how am I …
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Learn about a helpful new tool kit that’s not just for end-of-life doulas but can benefit anyone who cares for others at the end of life. My three guests this week, Diane Button, Gabby Elise Jimenez, and Angela Shook, are all end-of-life doulas who have teamed up to create a helpful guidebook for other doulas: The Doula Tool Kit: The Complete Pract…
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Just because something has always been done that way doesn’t make continuing to do it that way right. Do you work through lunch? Do you attend meetings during lunch? Do you teach for free? Give talks without compensation? Do you respond to patient emails and address results when you aren’t at work? We have been indoctrinated into an archaic system …
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Dr. Preetika Sidhu has been coaching with me since July 2020. In 2024, she lives a completely different life than when we met three and half years ago. When we first met, she worried that she wasn’t “helpable.” Since then, she has changed her thoughts on money, medicine, relationships and even her vision of what a life well lived looks and feels li…
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Enjoy this deep and soulful conversation with “The Griefwalker” Stephen Jenkinson. My guest Stephen Jenkinson is the author of the award-winning book Die Wise: A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul and the creator and principal instructor of the Orphan Wisdom School. He discusses the Nights of Grief and Mystery project, which he created with singer/songw…
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Uncertainty = possibility. Uncertainty very often leads to things you never expected. Very often things even more wonderful than you ever imagined. “Just as a caterpillar thought the world would end, it became a butterfly. Just when the blastocyst thought it would starve it found a uterus.” - Dr. Erica Bove Dr. Erica Bove, a board certified REI spe…
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In this episode, we are joined by Harvard-trained physician, integrative medicine expert and graduate of our Fellowship, Dr. Akil Palanisamy. Dr. Palanisamy is the creator of the T.I.G.E.R protocol, a guide to address and heal autoimmune diseases. Combining modern science and traditional medicine approaches, Dr. Palanisamy discusses the five elemen…
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Learn how hospice chaplains can offer support to people who choose medical aid in dying. My guest Dr. Terri Daniel is an inter-spiritual hospice chaplain, end-of-life educator, and grief counselor, who is the author of four books on death, grief and the afterlife, and a frequent guest on the podcast. Today Terri and I talk about medical aid in dyin…
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Have you ever had an unexpected outcome and been unable to stop thinking about it? Do you go to shame, blame and guilt when you think you may have made a mistake? Have you tried to believe it will turn out better than you expect but in the end, it turned out worse? This episode will empower you with tools to respond with more grace and ease in the …
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Do you think you aren’t good at negotiating? Do you worry about offending people or disappointing them? Do you want to learn some mindset strategies for effective negotiating? Listen to learn why doctors and women often struggle to negotiate. Learn the basics of effective negotiating. Leave with mindfulness and coaching tools to help you negotiate …
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Learn tips for choosing the best hospice and asking all the right questions. This week I welcome back my recurring guest Barbara Karnes RN, hospice nurse, author, speaker, thought leader and expert on end-of-life care. She is the author of ‘the little blue hospice book, Gone from My Sight and the recently published By Your Side: A Guide for Caring …
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If you want to become the most wise, authentic, engaged, and impactful version of yourself, you need a coach. This episode is part 2 of Jessie answering questions from women physicians. Questions I address in this episode include: Why did I choose “coaching”? What drew me to it​? What is the difference between coaching and therapy? Is coaching and …
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What should you do when you encounter self doubt? What does it mean to have your own back? This is the first in a series of Question and Answer Podcasts. This episode shares the lessons I learned from my personal transition story. Questions I answer in this episode Why did I get a coach in the first place? What was my background? Why did I pivot? W…
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Learn what it actually means to “hold space” for others during times of challenge. My guest Amy Wright Glenn is a Kripalu Yoga teacher, birth and death doula, hospital chaplain, and prenatal yoga and wellness instructor. She is the founder of the Institute for the study of Birth, Breath, and Death, known for its teacher training programs. Amy is th…
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Acceptance is one of the main invitations of mindfulness and is a key tool in mindset work. When we resist reality, we add struggle and suffering to our existence. We make hard things harder. Acceptance and acknowledgment mean that you stop resisting “what is.” Letting go of resistance to what is is not condoning or resigning or giving up, it is an…
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In this special brief episode I’m bringing you an invitation from casting director Kim Clevenger to contact her about appearing in a new docuseries on grief and loss. She is looking for people experiencing grief over any type of loss who are willing to share their journey with others in this series. In the recording she explains a bit about the sho…
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Berry Crawford first started practicing Zen meditation in 1992. He lived at the Sonoma Mountain Zen Center and practiced as a resident in the mid 1990s. Afterwards, he practiced with Diane “Eshin” Rizzetto in the Ordinary Mind Zen School started by Joko Beck. Later, Berry became a student of John “Shoji” Sorenson and in 2022 was authorized to indep…
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Find out what you may have missed in 2023 if you haven’t listened to every episode! In this solo episode I recap some of the episodes of this podcast that had the greatest impact on me personally and professionally! All of the interviews from 2023 were fantastic but if you missed any of these be sure to take a listen! Thanks for your support this y…
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Make 2024 the year you sign up for something truly magical. The inspiration for today's podcast was the completion of the 14th Nourish & Transform Mindfulness Coaching, Yoga and Culinary Medicine Retreat at Sagrada. There is nothing out there like it. We share why we do what we do at Sagrada and why we do it there. These retreats happen amidst natu…
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Learn how to create a home funeral ceremony that can honor and celebrate the life of a loved one. My guest for this interview from the archives is Jerrigrace Lyons, founder of Final Passages, where she offers training for death doulas and home funeral guides. She shares the beauty of a home funeral and describes step-by-step how to honor a loved on…
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Mindfulness and coaching gift you the opportunity to feel lighter. To not hold heavy thoughts tightly. They give you tools to finally let go. In this episode, we explore all facets of light including how to see things in a new light and shed light on new things. We hope that after listening you will put down, release, and let go of heaviness. You w…
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Learn how celebrants co-create ceremonies to help people navigate the milestones of life. My guest for this interview from the archives is Charlotte Eulette is the International Director of the non-profit educational organization Celebrant Foundation and Institute. The foundation certifies and trains people to become ritual experts who create cerem…
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Words can serve as a guiding light to help you reach new heights from a place of alignment. Words can guide your decisions and actions, and impact “results” tremendously. Words are a tool for a mindful practice of exploration, growth, reflection, and intention setting. Why Words? Language is powerful Words are simple and familiar Words have tone an…
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Dr. Andrew Weil and Dr. Victoria Maizes are joined by Seth Viddal, entrepreneur and leading voice in the word of green burials, as we explore conscious alternatives to common day burial practices. Viddal, who leads a green burial funeral home, sheds light on the growing popularity of green burials, the ecological benefits, and the cultural shift to…
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Learn about a unique medical practice that focuses on end-of-life issues for patients including medical aid in dying. My guest Dr. Bob Uslander is an emergency medicine physician whose career evolved toward caring for the elderly and those facing the end of their lives. He created a novel approach to end-of-life care called Empowered Endings with h…
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“Holidays, especially when spent with young adults, first grandchildren and newly blended families from different cultures are the epitome of “complicated dynamics.” “Complicated dynamics” is a beautiful, apt, kind and neutral description of the blend of love, hope, good intentions, confusion, disappointment, pride, grief and more love that accompa…
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An Interview with Zen Teacher Eihei Peter Levitt Eihei Peter Levitt is the founder and guiding teacher of the Salt Spring Zen Circle on Salt Spring Island in British Columbia, where he resides with his wife, poet Shirley Graham. He was authorized as a Zen teacher in the lineage of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi by Zoketsu Norman Fischer, founder of the Every…
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"Really, death is a journey into and through the mind." — Andrew Holocek In this episode, I speak with Andrew Holecek, the author of several books on meditation and lucid dreaming. While he's had a career as a dental surgeon, he has had a lifelong interest in meditation and the wisdom traditions. In 1998, he went on a three-year retreat at Sopa Cho…
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Learn how this animal communicator connects with animals before and after death and the lessons we can learn from our animal companions. My guest Danielle MacKinnon is an animal communicator who has been connecting intuitively with animals and pets for all of her life. She shares her experiences learning from animals and discovering that they are s…
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It’s normal to be uncomfortable, sad, angry, and frustrated when you receive negative feedback and reviews. It’s normal to want to defend yourself, explain why they’re wrong, and try to convince them otherwise. With mindfulness, self-compassion, and coaching, you can change your relationship with negative feedback. You can learn to choose to respon…
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Learn about a service to create a beautiful “coffee table book” to preserve the cherished stories of a loved one. My guest Andrew Hall is the co-founder of “No Story Lost” – a service to help families capture their loved one’s stories and photos into a beautiful print memoir book. He’ll discuss the value of preserving memories, both before and afte…
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